Plant integrity looks like a "very easy and expanded topic," but the reality is totally different. Thanks to the very high specialization of scientists, we are losing a holistic view of plants and are making mistakes in our research due to this drawback. It is necessary to sense a plant in their whole complexity--in both roots and shoot, as well as throughout their life cycles. Only such an integrated approach can allow us to reach correct interpretations of our experimental results.

Crop Research Institute; Drnovská Czech Republic

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague; Faculty of Agrobiology; Food and Natural Resources; Suchdol Kamýcká

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